In protest vs On protest

The correct phrase is 'in protest.' 'In protest' is a common expression used to indicate that someone is taking action against something they disagree with. 'On protest' is not a standard phrase in English.

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In protest

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'in protest' to indicate that someone is taking action against something they disagree with.

Examples:

She walked out of the meeting in protest.
The students gathered in protest against the new policy.
He refused to eat in protest of the unfair treatment.
They held a rally in protest of the government's decision.
The workers went on strike in protest of the pay cuts.

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In protest against this treatment, he went on hunger strike on Thursday.
But in protest, I'm walking over there extremely slowly.
One set himself on fire In protest...
In protest against the Euratom treaty, I am voting against all the reports on revising the framework programmes for research and development within the nuclear area.
I'm standing in front the the Houston Community National Hospital with a few hundred nurses and assorted health care workers in protest.
It is imperative, while there is still time left, that the TUC call a general strike in protest against this disaster which faces us all.
He was at home, in protest.
I quit my post in protest.
I was the only one to get naked in protest.
The Queen indeed holds her own feast in protest.
So, in protest, Nicola decided to switch and be tough.
So tonight, we will hold a candlelight vigil in protest.
Next is the opposing party's group resignation in protest...
She resigned in protest over funding for the girls' sports program.
He decides to commit suicide in protest against the state of civilization.
On arrival in Lanzarote she began a hunger strike in protest against her treatment and expulsion.
Amendments to meet these objections have been rejected here today and I have abstained in protest.
You don't know that when Callisto put you in jail, his son left home in protest.
I was half afraid you'd walked out in protest against my speechifying.
My constituent tells me that more than 2000 radical fanatics took to the streets in Jakarta, waving posters, chanting slogans of hatred and threatening violence in protest against the Ahmadi community.

On protest

This phrase is not a standard expression in English.

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Nº 550/2008 by Mr Stewart Dalton (British) on protest against the plans to close down Sheffield City Airport
Nº 550/2008 by Mr Stewart Dalton (British) on protest against the plans to close down Sheffield City Airport
I've heard you go out on protest marches on the roads.
And on April 14th, there will be Step Up Day, where there will be a thousand individual mobilized social activist movements in the United States on protest against legislation - pushing for legislation to stop global warming.
Unfortunately there are still protests on protests up and down the country.
In the 'Saffron Revolution' the ruling Burmese military junta cracked down ruthlessly on protests, led by Buddhist monks, in support of political and economic reform; the third anniversary of these events occurred a few days ago.
Calls on the regime also to provide explanations regarding the individuals still missing after September 2007 crackdown on protests by Buddhist monks and democracy activists;
Calls on the regime also to provide explanations regarding the people who are still missing after last September's crackdown on protests by Buddhist monks and democracy activists;
Calls on the regime also to provide explanations regarding the individuals still missing after September 2007 crackdown on protests by Buddhist monks and democracy activists;
C. whereas 84 people died and more than 500 people were injured when on 7 April Kyrgyz troops intervened reacting on protests against a sharp increase in prices for electricity and heating,
MEPs calls for the regime to account for all casualties and missing persons from last September's crackdown on protests by Buddhist monks and democracy activists and to establish the whereabouts of missing monks and nuns.
The drone protest on Coney Island.
I didn't see Mark Simmons on your protest line.
He was reporting on a protest.
Bank records on that protest group came through.
We've been putting on this Protest Pageant for a year.
Bank records on that protest group finally came through.
The article concerned corrupt practices in a special forces unit (OMON) responsible inter alia for cracking down on opposition protests.
D. whereas 84 people died and more than 500 people were injured when, on 7 April, Kyrgyz troops intervened reacting on protests against a sharp increase in prices for electricity and heating,
MEPs calls for the regime to account for all casualties and missing persons from last September's crackdown on protests by Buddhist monks and democracy activists and to establish the whereabouts of missing monks and nuns.

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